1:54 AM,
Feb. 9, 2014

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In the late 1970s, the Nevada Wolf Pack had a basketball team that could match up with any in the country.

What Nevada didn't have was an arena befitting its roster of talented players like Edgar Jones, Johnny High and Michael "Fly" Gray. Instead, the Wolf Pack stuffed its team into the campus' Old Gym (capacity 2,000), which was built during World War II, or the Centennial Coliseum, which was 10 miles from campus.

That all changed when Lawlor Events Center was constructed in 1983. The arena, which is celebrating its 30th year as the home of the Wolf Pack, changed the landscape of Nevada athletics. ...